Whether for logging and manufacturing today, or dredging for gold in the past, many Oregonian's have had jobs operating machinery. Today we're sharing a few photos celebrating this hard work.

Bill Ahrens polishes a rod manufactured by Arrow Machine Works of Portland, OR for use in a Nuclear Power Plant. His work is one of the last steps in 2 weeks of work that went into the production of this part. Photo by Sean Bowie

At JELD-WEN in Klamath Falls. Photo by Pat Burk

Inside the Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge it took a crew of three to operate the massive machinery. The historic dredge is preserved by the Sumpter Valley Dredge State Heritage Area. Photo by Lynn Murrey

Loggers, from left, Jon Cunningham of Drain, Seth Williamson of Elkton and Justin Helgren of Elkton, work at a logging site outside Sutherlin. Photo by Michael Sullivan

José Argumedo Diaz moves a 12' ladder to the next tree for cutting blight in a Cormice pear orchard. He's paid $9/hour by Meyer Orchards for the seasonal work. He likes working outdoors, but would prefer to have a year-round "steady" full-time job to support his family (a wife and three children). His employer, the Meyer family, has been growing and selling pears in Talent for 103 years. Photo by Betty Udesen

Clackamas Community College student, Lauren Riback, works on a piece she plans to submit to the Clackamas County Fair. Photo by Dean Walch

Bill Ahrens polishes a rod manufactured by Arrow Machine Works of Portland for use in a Nuclear Power Plant. His work is one of the last steps in 2 weeks of work that went into the production of this part. Photo by Sean Bowie

Zack Olmstead delivers some fish tacos to a customer from a food booth on the docks at Hood River. Photo by Tom Boyd

Danielle Parks engineers the KBOO-FM daily newscast. KBOO-FM is a nonprofit community radio station that has been in operation since the 1960s. Photo by Delphine Criscenzo

For many Oregonians, working with animals is a way of life. This week we're sharing just a few of many photos featuring people and animals. We'd also like to wish you and your family and friends a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Worth Johnston, age 10, helps with afternoon milking at the Johnston family dairy south of Tillamook. Photo by Joe Wrabek

Ben Willett wrangles a heritage sheep with Ian Silvernail on their farm outside Corvallis, OR at 7:26 pm. Photo by Christopher Onstott

Gary Landers of Wild Wings Raptor Rehabilitation in Sisters brings a red-tailed Hawk, Mercy, out for a check-up. Mercy cannot be released into the wild, but serves as a foster parent for other redtails that arrive for rehab. Photo by Lynn Woodward

What do many Oregonians do on a typical Monday? Head to work. And July 15th was no exception. Today we're sharing a few photos of Oregonians at work, but with a twist. Each photo is taken from a vantage point that gives an interesting view of the action.

Riggers preparing to crane in a tub girder from a truck to the light rail bridge over Kellogg lake in Milwaukie, Oregon. Photo by Mark Gamba

Street painter Alexander Southworth takes advantage of the last of the sunlight in Eugene Oregon to paint an electrical box on Pearl and 11th Streets. Photo bySherrlyn Borkgren

The long desk at North, a Portland brand agency. Photo by Shayla Hasons

Journalism has come a long way since 1983 - video, new technologies like Gigapan and 3D photography, and citizen journalism via social media are some of the changes that we incorporated into the 30th anniversary of Oregon Project Dayshoot. This week, we're sharing some images on the theme of Oregonians at work that were captured by members of the general public who posted on social media using our #dayshoot30 tag.

Matt grinding the inside of a new fermentation tank in North Portland. 5:29pm. Photo byk-club

Typical Monday on an Oregon company's electronics manufacturing floor. 4:45pm. Photo by Water

Part of our goal for the Project Dayshoot + 30 event was to use technology that was far less prevalent and easy to use in 1983. So we added video to the project, and our participating videographers did some great work. Today we're sharing a 'taste' of that work: Wes Pope's video of Oregon raspberries, from farm to market.

The medical field touches all Oregonians, so today we're featuring a few photos that bring medicine to life.

Cindy Andexle, nurse's aide with Willamette Valley Hospice in Salem, assists Elena Lewin. Elena was given two weeks to live in November of 2011. More than 600 days later, she is still with us. Photo by Gerry Lewin

Under the command of Dr. Kim Burchiel, doctors at OHSU perform brain surgery to relieve a patient's tremors. Photo by L.E. Baskow

Arianna Delgado grips her father Tony Delgado's finger just hours after being born at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield. Arianna was one of six babies born in the hospital on July 15th. Photo by Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard

July 15th fell on a Monday, so many of our participants set out to capture images of Oregonians at work. In this week's set of photos, we feature some Oregonians who are lucky enough to spend their working days outside.

A worker releases the bindings on a truckload of logs at Seneca Sawmill in Eugene. Photo by Brian Davies